Romanian Eagle

The latest website: Germany's request soon reached Romania, and after receiving the news, Eder agreed after a brief consideration.

Eder also has his own considerations for agreeing to visit Germany so quickly. In the future, after solving the threat of the Soviet Union, Romania's attention will turn to the Mediterranean direction. The reason is very simple. At present, the Middle East is still a barren land. Who would have thought that there is a huge amount of oil underground.

And for Romania's interests, Romania in the Middle East must be in the hands of it, so taking it from Britain and France is the only option. Then, as the main point for Romania to connect to the Middle East, the Eastern Mediterranean must be in Romania's hands,

And now he had better go to Germany in person to negotiate with Hitler about the Mediterranean Sea. Of course, Italy, as a Mediterranean sea power country, should not forget it. The Romanian family alone is powerless to capture the region, and it is necessary to pull in Italy, a natural ally.

Just as Italy was negotiating an alliance with Germany, Eder planned to meet the leader Mussolini again in order to pull Italy into the chariot.

Eder moved quickly, and after agreeing to Hitler, he immediately prepared to take a car to Berlin.

When Eder set off from Bucharest, Mussolini, who was also in Romania, planned to set off. Compared with Edel's quiet trip and not many people seeing him off, Mussolini's trip was nothing short of fanfare. Officials of all sizes appeared at the scene, which was simply overwhelming. And Mussolini, who likes to be in the limelight, made a big speech when he was interviewed by the media at the station. As if this visit to Germany is not to negotiate a treaty of alliance, but to contribute to world peace.

Mussolini's remarks naturally attracted the attention of Europe to Munich, the place of the meeting, which made Hitler, who had planned to keep a low profile, scolded secretly, but the naval strength possessed by Italy made it impossible for him to attack.

So when Eder arrived in Munich, he found that there were a large number of reporters here.

"Your Majesty Eder, these are the journalists who came with Prime Minister Mussolini."

After sending one person to understand the situation, Edel stopped talking.

He didn't care about it, because when the war broke out, it would be clear who was standing with whom, let alone Edel and history as a reference.

Although the rise of Romania has changed some of the possible directions of history. But who is the enemy at the moment. Who are the future allies, basically at a glance. Because the general direction has not been changed, Edel can use history as a reference for many trends.

This naturally makes Edel feel like a duck in water,

Help Romania get a lot of benefits from it.

And now for the next World War II, with Romania's participation in the war, Edel will no longer be able to grasp this advantage, so he can only rely on his own judgment.

This kind of feeling is really unpleasant, it seems that one person relies on the strategy to play the game, and when half of the strategy is played, the strategy is taken away.

Leaving the station and boarded to go to Nymphenburg Palace, where he would meet Hitler and Mussolini to talk about the interests of the nations.

While Edel was still in the car, Mussolini, who had already arrived at Nymphenburg Palace, was discussing with his son-in-law Ciano, who was arriving.

"What do you think of the visit of King Eder of Romania this time?"

Facing his son-in-law and confidant, Mussolini did not appear careless, but instead had a slightly sad expression.

Ciano, the son-in-law, of course knows why, seeing the smoke over Europe, but Italy is not ready. Although Italy had previously announced that it would expand its army by half, anyone with a discerning eye could see that this was just Italy's plan. The current division was changed from three regiments to two regiments, and a group of two regiments was formed.

All this is caused by lack of money.

Speaking of which, due to the development of Libyan oil, according to the road, Italy should be richer. But things backfired. With Libyan oil, Italy's resentment towards the Mediterranean became stronger. They started construction of many battleships in a row. Yishui's 380 and 406 large-caliber artillery was simply majestic.

But being handsome comes at a price, and Italy is no exception. These giant ships with a displacement of up to 30,000 to 40,000 tons not only require high construction costs, but also require more maintenance costs. Although the decommissioning of all the battleships built in the previous World War would reduce maintenance costs, the maintenance costs of new battleships were originally higher than those of old battleships, which made half of the income added by Italy go into it.

So according to reason, there should be half of it, right?

Yes, but Italy fought three wars in a row, the Ethiopian War, the Spanish Civil War (Italy was still the main force), and the Albanian War. These three wars, plus the investment in the colony, spent the remaining half cleanly.

The Spanish Civil War is now over. In December 1938, the National Army invaded Madrid and the top officials of the republican government fled to the Soviet Union. The end of the civil war was declared as the top echelons of the republican government fled.

However, the newly inaugurated Franco regime, in the face of an economy ravaged by the civil war, requested economic assistance from the three countries of De Ilo. Among them, the amount of aid from Germany and Romania is not large, but Italy is in need of Spain, so the amount of aid is large. The aid of up to 80 billion lira has made the Italian treasury even more empty.

The original Italian loan can be repaid slowly as long as the Spanish economy recovers. But I didn't expect the situation to change so quickly after the Munich Conference. In Europe, where there was only a little tension, thick smoke was immediately filled with gunpowder. Italy was caught off guard, and only then did they feel the consequences of their previous spending. At such a tense moment in Europe, his own treasury is empty, and he cannot even complete basic military expansion.

So at this time, Italy can't rely on its own strength to want to benefit from one or the other, and can only join one of them. Mussolini actually preferred to form an alliance with Romania, but although Romania has always had close relations with Italy, he was not in a hurry to form an alliance.

Romania does not need Italy as its ally, it is not. Romania has always wanted to form an alliance with Italy, but if Italy and Romania form an alliance, it will immediately bring dramatic changes to the two countries. At least Romania will have a very difficult time getting Thessaloniki. Because the alliance between the two countries will definitely become the target of the British and French suppression, or it will take precedence over Germany. This is why Edel is not too concerned about the alliance with Italy.

In the face of his father-in-law's question, Ciano, the son-in-law and foreign minister, immediately answered. "Father-in-law, I think Edel's arrival this time is very beneficial to our country's negotiations."

Ciano's words immediately pointed to Mussolini. Yes, both countries have needs for the Balkans and the Mediterranean. Both countries need help from each other until the region is completely divided up. Therefore, Romania and Italy are natural allies, not to mention that both countries are currently German allies and quasi allies. In the face of Germany's formidable strength, only the two countries can form a group to ensure that their interests are not damaged.

So for Edel's visit, Italy is happy to see it.